Well done drama based on the life of missionary Gladys Aylward who led a group of children through perilous 1930's China. Robert Donat gives a particularly fine performance as a Mandarin in this, his final film. Based on "The Small Woman" by Alan Burgess. Academy Award Nominations: Best Director.

Based on the true story of Gladys Aylward, a British maid who became a missionary in China. As the hostile Chinese begin to trust her -- and even a powerful mandarin converts to Christianity -- there is one more difficult task for her to accomplish: to guide 100 children through enemy territory and into safety during the Chinese-Japanese war.

Filmed in Cinemascope.

Rated BBFC PG by the British Board of Film Classification.

FoxVideo VHS (Catalog #1170) includes original theatrical trailer and rare Movietone news footage.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox - 2.35
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 1.0 - French, Spanish
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Movietone Newsreels (Film Premieres)
Audio Commentary: Nick Redman - Documentary Filmmaker, 2. Aubrey Solomon - Author 3. Donald Spoto - Author
Restoration Comparison
Sean Connery Screen Test A & B
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Still Gallery

Ingrid Bergman: Oscar winning Swedish actress, GASLIGHT
Curt Jurgens: German actor
Robert Donat: British Actor
Ronald Squire: British Character Actor
Noel Hood: 
Joan Young: 
Moultrie Kelsall: Character Actor/Scottish
Edith Sharpe: 
Richard Wattis: 

Mark Robson: Director/producer/editor

Buddy Adler: 

Isobel Lennart: American Screenwriter

Malcolm Arnold: 

Ernest Walter: Editor